Spoilers ahead for ME1 and 2, though I'd hope anyone talking here already knows what I'm about to say.
I think what they tried to do with ME2 is try to make the entire Reaper race (if it can be called that) appear more like a threat, instead of just two or three people -- Sovereign, Benezia and Saren.
I took out an asari matriarch who was using an army of rachni and had an arsenal of biotics at her disposal.
I took out the most elite Spectre in the corps who was at the helm of a sentient robotic fighting force that usurped its creators.
I led the charge against the herald of the Reapers, a race of dreadnoughts bent on exterminating everything I hold dear.
I'm Commander Goddamned Shepard. Accept no substitutes.
Also, this is my favorite store on the Citadel.
If you're a Reaper, who the heck else are you going to throw at me? I've already beaten the best mortals in existence. I mean, after their lieutenants from ME1, who else could they possibly toss at you that would seem like a credible threat? I suppose they could just make some guy up, but that would feel a bit lackluster, too.
Would it have been better if Harbinger had been involved in ME1? Absolutely. It would make him seem like a bigger threat, and when you went against his direct subordinates in ME2, it would have made it seem like you were climbing the ladder to get to him. While the rest of the galaxy deals with the other Reapers in ME3, Shepard and the team would be focused on ending that creep once and for all.
But they didn't, so I'm not going to worry about it.
All things considered, while it wasn't an amazing adversary, I thought a Reaper directly controlling the last major civilization from the most recent extinction cycle was pretty cool.
And as for ME3, those faceless giant squids being faceless giant squids are exactly what make them frightening to me. There is no mercy, no hope for a stalemate. These sentient starships want nothing more than to destroy everyone, and the fact that they're so dehumanized is just a plus for me. There's no negotiating with them or avoiding them. You certainly can't talk to them and hope to weaken their resolve. The most you'll do is just open yourself up to their Indoctrination, which is scary in its own right. It's just going to be me rallying every mortal race in the galaxy that I can in an attempt to crush them.
In the end, it's us against them. It's one of the oldest tales in existence, and it never really gets old. The cunning and brave heroes versus the overwhelming brute force of the enemy.
Plus, I really want to see a segment of the Flotilla and a geth fleet jump into a system and fucking destroy everything Reaperish together. Call me shallow, but damn... Really want that to happen. Doubt it will, but that would be pretty awesome to me.
I think what they tried to do with ME2 is try to make the entire Reaper race (if it can be called that) appear more like a threat, instead of just two or three people -- Sovereign, Benezia and Saren.
I absolutely agree that ME1's main campaign felt more focused because of the threat the main villains posed. Even if they weren't always onscreen, you could see their machinations at work. But at the same time, I felt like they were trying to grow from that in ME2. I don't think they could have had a couple of Reaper representatives appear like much of a threat again. After all:Fappy said:
I took out an asari matriarch who was using an army of rachni and had an arsenal of biotics at her disposal.
I took out the most elite Spectre in the corps who was at the helm of a sentient robotic fighting force that usurped its creators.
I led the charge against the herald of the Reapers, a race of dreadnoughts bent on exterminating everything I hold dear.
I'm Commander Goddamned Shepard. Accept no substitutes.
Also, this is my favorite store on the Citadel.
If you're a Reaper, who the heck else are you going to throw at me? I've already beaten the best mortals in existence. I mean, after their lieutenants from ME1, who else could they possibly toss at you that would seem like a credible threat? I suppose they could just make some guy up, but that would feel a bit lackluster, too.
Would it have been better if Harbinger had been involved in ME1? Absolutely. It would make him seem like a bigger threat, and when you went against his direct subordinates in ME2, it would have made it seem like you were climbing the ladder to get to him. While the rest of the galaxy deals with the other Reapers in ME3, Shepard and the team would be focused on ending that creep once and for all.
But they didn't, so I'm not going to worry about it.
All things considered, while it wasn't an amazing adversary, I thought a Reaper directly controlling the last major civilization from the most recent extinction cycle was pretty cool.
And as for ME3, those faceless giant squids being faceless giant squids are exactly what make them frightening to me. There is no mercy, no hope for a stalemate. These sentient starships want nothing more than to destroy everyone, and the fact that they're so dehumanized is just a plus for me. There's no negotiating with them or avoiding them. You certainly can't talk to them and hope to weaken their resolve. The most you'll do is just open yourself up to their Indoctrination, which is scary in its own right. It's just going to be me rallying every mortal race in the galaxy that I can in an attempt to crush them.
In the end, it's us against them. It's one of the oldest tales in existence, and it never really gets old. The cunning and brave heroes versus the overwhelming brute force of the enemy.
Plus, I really want to see a segment of the Flotilla and a geth fleet jump into a system and fucking destroy everything Reaperish together. Call me shallow, but damn... Really want that to happen. Doubt it will, but that would be pretty awesome to me.
